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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Senate EPW Committee to hold Nieh nomination hearing
Nieh
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a nomination hearing Wednesday for Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as commission at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Trump nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner the remainder of a term that will expire June 30, 2029, as Nuclear NewsWire previously reported.
Nieh has been vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern Nuclear since 2021, though since June 2024 he has been at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations as a loaned executive.
A return to the NRC: If confirmed by the Senate, Nieh would be returning to the NRC after three previous stints totaling nearly 20 years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD|Cosponsored by RPSD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Raymond T. Klann
Alternate Chair:
Irina I. Popova
Session Organizer:
Elia Merzari
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The Intersection of Reprocessing, Transmutation, Storage, and Disposal
8:00–8:10AM CDT
Ben Cipiti (Sandia)
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Real-Time Quantification of Contaminants in Molten Salts via Aerosol Formation and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
8:10–8:20AM CDT
Zechariah B. Kitzhaber (ORNL), Daniel Orea (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), Benjamin Manard (ORNL), Hunter B. Andrews (ORNL)
Development of a Machine Learning-Based Predictive Modeling Framework for Molten Salt Reactor Sensor Data Analysis
8:20–8:30AM CDT
Omobolade A. Odedoyin (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Ramon K. Yoshiura (INL), Guoping Cao (INL), Toni Y. Karlsson (INL), Takanori Kajihara (INL), Dylan J. McDowell (INL), Aditya Moudgal (INL), Benjamin D. Grimmer (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
TRISO Particle Isolation and Graphite Removal Using SRNL Vapor Digestion Technology
8:30–8:40AM CDT
Robert Pierce (SRNL), Matthew Mills (SRNL), Nicole Hege (SRNL)
Windowless Optical Cell for Combined Chemical and Isotopic Analyses of MSR and Fuel Processing Salts
8:40–8:50AM CDT
Katharine Stasior (ANL), Amber Polke (ANL), Drace Penley (ANL), Nicholas Condon (ANL), Nathaniel C. Hoyt (ANL)
Innovative Methods for Monitoring DSC Internal Conditions During Extended Storage
8:50–9:00AM CDT
Maxwell Kavanagh (Oregon State), Haori Yang (Oregon State)
Cyclone Sage: Integrating MCNP Documentation for Enhanced AI Assistance
9:00–9:10AM CDT
Daniel Cork (Orthrus Software), John Billingsley (Cerberus Nuclear)
Neutron Attenuation of Additively Manufactured Aluminum Alloy Containing Finely Dispersed Boron
9:10–9:20AM CDT
Talon Hanssen (Univ. Missouri), Rance E. White (Univ. Missouri), Jason Ting (Elementum 3D), John M. Gahl (2Elementum 3D,), John D. Brockman (Univ. Missouri), Bart Prorok (Auburn Univ.), Vijaya Rangari (Tuskegee Univ.), Scott M. Thompson (Univ. Missouri)
Characterization of Dual-Mode Neutron/Gamma Elpasolite Scintillators
9:20–9:30AM CDT
Denisse Franco (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Alexander Barzilov (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
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